The Alliance
is delighted to announce its latest initiative – a series of public heritage
debates to examine some of the more controversial issues we face in caring for
the huge range of historic assets we have in this country.
The series,
generously sponsored by Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, kicks off in
Cambridge on 17 October in partnership with the Cambridge Heritage Research
Group. The subject will be ‘Heritage & Tourism: Who needs Whom?’. Alliance
Chairman Loyd Grossman will lead a panel of outstanding speakers – Robert
Hewison, author of ‘The Heritage Industry’; James Berresford, Chief Executive
of VisitEngland; Dame Fiona Reynolds, Director General of the National Trust;
and Marie Louise Stig Sorenson, Reader in Prehistoric Archaeology, University
of Cambridge. The debate will then be opened to the floor.
6.15pm for a
6.30 start at Magdalene College, Cambridge, followed by a reception, finishing
at 8.30pm. This event is free of charge but registration is required. To find
out more and to register for this exciting event, click here.
Places are
limited to 120. Registration opens 23 August. Please register for this free
event by emailing sheralyn.wade@theheritagealliance.org.uk by 5 October. Tickets will be by acknowledgement email.
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